Business Unit Manager Job Vacancy

Position: Business Unit Manager (1) 

Functional Area:International

Purpose of the job:This is a general management role with profit and loss responsibility for a line of business/COE. 

Occupational Level:Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and middle-management

Job Category: Middle Management

Grade: D Upper 

Job Function: Consulting

SAP Level: 2000

Context
  • Operational management, intellectual capital and business development, strategy development and service delivery of Business Consulting within the organisation
  • Understand the need be client focused in order to ensure that the organisation is viewed as a strategic business partner
  • Understand the need to be able to identify cultural, organisational and business constraints affecting solution offerings
  • The need to be aware of new developments in respect of the chosen area of expertise in order to remain competitive in a highly paced and complex environment
  • The need to keep up-to-date with changes in relevant legislation and to understand the impact thereof on the business and the client environment
  • The need to have an all encompassing skills portfolio in order to deliver effective the organisation solutions and services
Customers
  • Clients
  • Group Executive: International
  • BC Exco
Roles
  • Business development and providing sales support
  • Enhance organisational awareness and relationship building
  • Maintain and develop internal and external senior and executive level client relationships
  • Direct highly complex projects and consulting programmes
  • Enhance business consulting expertise and technical expertise within a chosen Centre of Excellence and industry
  • Performance management
  • Manage coaching and mentoring within a Centre of Excellence
  • Manage Self Development
  • Adhere to internal standards and procedures
  • Project quality assurance and risk management
  • Centre of Excellence development and knowledge management
  • Internal operations- Practice management and Business Management
Competencies

Knowledge and Skills:
  • Computer literacy
  • Knowledge management
  • Professionalism
  • Time and priority management
  • Understands the organisation's business ethics and values
  • Value Proposition and general consulting skills
  • Project management
  • Value Proposition thought leadership and management
Core Competencies:
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Communication
  • Conceptualisation
  • Customer Excellence Orientation
  • Innovation
  • Leadership
  • People development
  • Teamwork
Knowledge Skills and Respective Behavioural Indicators

Computer literacy 
  • Efficiently utilises knowledge of the various MS Office Product range: MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
  • Is able to effectively navigate the intranet and internet
Knowledge management
  • Assists the client in Business Consulting knowledge transfer
  • Successfully develop and publish articles within chosen field of excellence
  • Ensures knowledge transfer to all relevant Business Consulting consultants
  • Captures and stores knowledge for future reference
  • Applies knowledge gained from each project experience to execute future tasks for projects more effectively
  • Manage intellectual capital throughout the project
  • Develop and run formal training sessions on important practice areas
Professionalism
  • Acts in a courteous and professional manner
  • Displays patience and good manners at all times
  • Enhances the client’s experience of the organisation
Time and priority management 
  • Is able to plan work so that maximum efficiency is obtained
  • Continuously structures work in an organised and effective manner
Understands the organisation's business ethics and values 
  • Understands the organisation’s values and ethics
  • Treats all employees in line with the organisation’s values and ethical guidelines
Value Proposition and general consulting skills 
  • Is fully competent in chosen value proposition technical area
  • Has full set of consulting skills (see core competencies)
Project management 
  • Shows the ability to manage complex projects with multi member teams
  • Shows the ability to manage all aspects of the project live cycle
Value Proposition thought leadership and management 
  • Takes responsibility for the management of a Value Proposition
  • Recognised as a though leader within a specific value proposition expert area both internally and externally
  • Grows the Business Consulting knowledge base within the specific value proposition expert area
General Business management for Business Consulting 
  • Financial management
  • HR management
  • Practice management
  • Regional interface management
Required Level of Education and Experience 

Educational Background: 
  • University Degree
  • Masters degree is preferable
Previous Experience: 
  • More than 10 years consulting experience
  • More than 3 years Middle management experience
Requirements: Essential operational requirements:

Cellular phone: The employee is required to have a fully functional cellular telephone during all material times when work related communication is/may be necessary. This is critical to ensure that tasks may be allocated to the employee, status updates may be done, escalations may be actioned and accurate and immediate communication can take place as and when required to ensure outstanding efficient and effective service to all clients

Driver’s license: The employee is required to have a legitimate and official RSA drivers license during all material times when work travel is/may be necessary to ensure outstanding efficient and effective service to all clients.

Motor vehicle: The employee is required to have a fully functional, roadworthy motor vehicle during all material times when work related travel is/may be necessary. This is critical to ensure that tasks may be allocated to an employee and that the employee may independently action upon and timeously complete such tasks on the applicable client sites to ensure outstanding efficient and effective service to all clients.

The above noted requirements with regard to cellular phones, driver’s licenses and motor vehicles are material to the agreement to employ the employee and the ability of the employee to fulfil the duties and responsibilities agreed to in the contract of employment. 

Failure to adhere to the above noted requirements may result in the appropriate action to be taken and the reconsideration of the suitability of the employee for continued employment within the company.

The employees agreement, acceptance and signature of the employment contract constitutes agreement and acceptance of the requirement for a cellular phone, drivers license and motor vehicle as described above

It is the employees responsibility to Effectively Manage Telephonic Communication by:
  • Ensuring that a professional, personalised message is recorded on their cell phone and landline
  • Ensuring that the message facility is activated when you are unavailable to take calls
  • Regularly checking for new messages
  • Timeously responding to all messages in order to ensure excellent customer service
Kindly send your CV and current remuneration details to theleadrecruiter@gmail.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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